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[upcoming events][ F A C U L T Y ]4ip perspectivesUpcoming IP Alumniand Friends ReceptionsThe IP Program will continue to host IP Alumni and Friendsreceptions at major IP conferences. Upcoming events include:BIO: Tuesday, May 4, 20106pm-8pmat Brasserie Jo (Chicago)INTA:Further details will be available on the GW IP events webpageand the GW IP group page on LinkedIn atwww.linkedin.com/groups?gid=90887.Features:• Search the Alumni Directory• Update Your Information• Manage Your Directory Listing• Register for Events• Join Groups Based on PracticeArea and Geographic Region• Share Your Class NotesMonday, May 24, 20105:30pm-7:30pmat Top of the Hub & Skywalk (Boston)the George Washington University Law SchoolGW Law announces its newOnline Alumni Communityhttp://www.law.gwu.edu/Alumnicontinued from page 1program. The Marks IP Fellowteaches one course per academicyear and assists with administrationof the Dean DinwoodeyCenter for Intellectual PropertyStudies, which includes bringingin speakers for the IntellectualProperty Workshop Series andorganizing other speakers andevents. In addition, the MarksIP Fellow has the opportunityto pursue a scholarly project andprepare to enter the law teachingmarket, normally in the fallsemester of the second year.Professor Dolin joins GW Lawfollowing a clerkship with JudgePauline Newman of the U.S.Court of Appeals for the FederalCircuit. Previously, he served as aJohn M. Olin Fellow in Law atthe Northwestern UniversitySchool of Law, was a law clerk tothe late Hon. H. Emory Widener,Jr. of the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the Fourth Circuit,and was an associate in theintellectual property group ofKramer Levin Naftalis andFrankel LLP.Professor Dolin received a J.D.cum laude from the GeorgetownUniversity Law Center, an M.D.with recognition from StateUniversity of New York at StonyBrook, and a B.A. with honorsfrom The Johns HopkinsUniversity. He is currentlyteaching TRIPS, Patents, andPublic Health both at GW Law’shome campus during the spring2010 semester and at GW Law’sMunich Intellectual PropertySummer Program during the2010 session.“We are very excited to haveGreg as our Marks IP Fellow forthe next two years. Greg’s uniquebackground in patent law andmedicine, as well as his clerkshipexperience with two differentcircuit courts, adds greatly to ourIP program,” commented JohnWhealan, associate dean forintellectual property law studies.The Marks IP Fellowship isendowed by Frank H. Marks,(LL.B ’26, M.S. ’23, B.S. ’21), apatent attorney who started hiscareer as an examiner for the U.S.Patent Office before joining theChicago law firm of Livingston,Kahn & Adler, where for manyyears he represented SearsRoebuck & Co. in all of its legalpatent work. The endowmentwas meant to honor Mr. Marks’slate first wife Doris NordgrenMarks and his second wife HazelKraus Marks, who passed awayshortly after Mr. Marks’ death in1994. Mr. Marks’ generosityenabled GW Law to create afellowship that allows younglawyers aspiring to a career inacademia to receive teachingexperience and an opportunity towork on a scholarly agenda.With the program now in itsseventh year, GW Law is proudof the placements of previousfellows, all of whom are currentlyin academic positions. LauraHeymann is assistant professorat William and Mary School ofLaw; Laura Bradford is assistantprofessor of law at GeorgeMason University School of Law;and Shamnad Basheer wasrecently appointed the ministryof human resource developmentchair in intellectual property atthe National University ofJuridical Sciences, Kolkata,India. Last year’s fellow, SarahRajec, is currently a law clerk tothe Hon. Alan D. Lourie of theU.S. Court of Appeals for theFederal Circuit and plans toenter the teaching market in fall2010. (See story on page 5)The next Marks IP Fellowshipwill run from summer 2011 tosummer 2013. Review ofapplications for this positionwill begin in fall 2010 and willcontinue until the position isfilled. More information onapplying can be found on theIntellectual Property athttp://www.law.gwu.edu/IP.